Hot on the heels of Friday’s Windows 8 release—and shortly before the full unveiling of Windows Phone 8 Monday—Microsoft released …
Samsung Chromebook
How much would you pay for a cloud-centric computer? With its new $249 Samsung Chromebook — a system based on the idea …
RIM still has fans among developers and administrators
Research In Motion continues to struggle as it works to finish the BlackBerry 10 operating system, but the audience at …
Cybercrime and punishment
Several high-profile security breaches around the world grabbed the attention of the Middle East IT industry, but it has taken …
Top 10 technologies of the past 45 years
During the past 45 years we have experienced a continuous revolution of new vs. old, manual work vs. automation, digital …
HP launches cloud service for the IT help desk
Hewlett-Packard has launched a hosted offering called HP Service Anywhere, providing IT service management (ITSM) software over the Internet. “We believe …
Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can …
Mobile payments growing fast but won’t catch on overnight: Google
Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast, but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the U.S. will …
Windows 8 will mark ‘the end’ of the Microsoft OS: Benioff, Salesforce.com
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 will mark “the end” of the computer industry’s dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice …
Juniper strengthens network edge with new routers
Juniper Networks this week has rolled out edge routers designed to enable service providers to rapidly deploy new service applications. Juniper’s …
Infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market
Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels …
Expanding horizons
Mohammed Amin, EMC’s Senior VP and Regional Manager for Turkey, Emerging Africa and the Middle East, will now also oversee …
Blue Coat to address ‘urgent and complex issues’ at GITEX
Blue Coat has announced it will be demonstrating its entire suite of application delivery networking solutions at GITEX, in order …
IT job numbers decline for first time in 25 months
Although last week’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics showed better-than-expected results, the IT industry, was a …
Cyber criminals plan attack on major U.S. banks
A cyber gang thought to be based in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is recruiting dozens of people to participate …
Samsung Galaxy S III display tops iPhone 5’s, teardown reveals
Samsung Galaxy S III’s display is thinner and has a greater range of colours than that of the Apple iPhone …
Computerlinks to launch new partnership with Exinda at Gitex
Computerlinks, a leading Global value added distributor for best in breed, market leading, international manufacturers in information technology, will introduce its newest vendor partner, Exinda, at Gitex 2012. The new distribution agreement covers the Middle East region.
Criminals hack Adobe certificate server
Criminals broke into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them …
Larry Ellison kicks off Oracle OpenWorld 2012
The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today …
Larry Ellison kicks off Oracle OpenWorld 2012
The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today …